In this issue: Fast Track Initiative (FTI) in the news; G8 finance ministers agree to cancel debt of 18 low-income countries; FTI Catalytic Fund update; FTI working groups update; United States Agency...
World Bank grants $10 million for the Cambodia Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness Project. Merit-based pay for civil servants to spur work on reforms. World Bank's new Public Information Center opens.
Each issue of this newsletter includes the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading, Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on newsletter subscription. The featured reading in this...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 121251Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Southby, Richard F.
The civil society engagement eNewsletter includes the following issues: World Bank (WB) President visits Africa, meets with communities and local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs); rolling back malaria:...
This note reviews the trends of some of the key indicators which have an impact on the financial sector performance. The main indicators identified are: 1) banking sector performance in terms assets, deposits,...
This fifth edition contains: new and upcoming publications; trade notes series; new policy research working papers of interest; announcements; and for the record.
IFC's strategies in Romania have tracked the trajectory of the country's progress from socialism to the free market and European Union (EU) candidacy, all within the past decade. Until the late 1990s,...
IFC's frontier country strategy, which was adopted in 1998, has been successful in steering IFC's resources toward high-risk and, or, low-income countries where IFC's additionality is greatest. Historically,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 32871Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Burke, Nicholas James
This note reviews the trends of key indicators which have an impact on the financial sector performance. The main indicators identified in the note are: 1) banking sector performance in terms assets, deposits,...
Over the past five years there has been a veritable explosion of technology and consumerism in India, but this has occurred largely in urban and middle class communities. Rural India still needs to catch...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36231Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Hay, Keith A.J.
Promoting access and effective use of ICTs in rural and isolated areas is decisive for economic and social development, poverty reduction and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Widespread...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36233Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Navas Sabater, Juan Francisco
When China's payments system -- arguably the world's most modern -- is fully operational, it may make that nation the world's most financially competitive. China's payments system which has been underway...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38947Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Keppler, Robert
A recent cross-country study published by the World Bank answers the important question about the linkage between financial flows and poverty reduction. It finds robust evidence that countries with better-developed...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38948Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Beck, Thorsten ;
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
In principle, trade preferences can assist development if they provide temporary margins of preference to enable industries to adjust and compete more effectively in global markets. Multilateral trade...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 33126Date: May 16, 2005Author:
Brenton, Paul ;
Izezuki, Takako
The civil society engagement eNewsletter includes the following headings: World Bank revises indigenous people's policy; final days to participate: poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) 2005 review e-discussion;...
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